Bad cities

I grew up making fun of cities
That were not far down the road
Ours was better, ours was nicer
Ours is worthy of an ode

Now rivalry is one thing
But punching down is another
Some folk just want to be classist
With only a thin veil as cover

But as I've travelled more in life
Even to places I mocked with indignation
I've found people I respect everywhere
And no place without some admiration

There are folks who love every street
Every cobble, every stone
Who will let the houses build them
Right up to the bone

Look, I'm still going to make fun of cities
It's just a fun thing to do
But maybe a little less harshly
With an occasional compliment too

online arguements

I'm tired of hearing "it's just an opinion"
When it considers people as less than human
As if opinions don't firm the basis of actions
That impact the world and forms into factions 

Yes, perspective in debates is often sorely needed
We can be overly intense when our side is seeded
We should leave space for hearing what others have to say
But we still need a line for what we consider ok 

Imagining Heaven

Do you wonder? What exists beyond the dark?
The ending of the great adventure on which we all embark?
Do you fear death, or is it just one step in your journey?
As much as I try to rise above I find the worries just concerns me

See I want to believe in Heaven, and I do so with my heart
I try to believe in God and to show it in my art
But when it comes to imagining God's perfect kingdom
I don't think such a skill exists anywhere in creation

I can picture things being better than they currently are on Earth
We fight for such a world and in such a fight we find our worth
It is struggle and it is challenge that help forms our fragile souls
Would a perfect world not include such a battle with our goals?

Would you get to live eternal, at just the age you died?
Would you experience the relief you only feel when you have cried?
Most of all I wonder, if I get to live way up above
What it is to feel unfiltered, that feeling of God's love

I have many dreams and questions about the world beyond the dead
Yet I will settle for the echoes of Heaven I witness in this world instead

On the stage

I'm not done with the stage, and neither are you
not if you've got some thing still to say
                    and some thing still to do

you are worth amplifying
please don't be denying
the story you are trying to tell
the parts you say so well

we want to hear you, we really do
we're not lying, even if you want us to
we're here for you, so please, don't delay
get on this stage, and play